ANDREW SAVORY DENTAL LABORATORY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04788968 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-05

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 32500

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-18
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2024-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
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accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-01-23
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accounts · AA
2018-02-09
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accounts · AA
2017-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-08-01
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SAVORY, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2013-08-01
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SAVORY, Sarah Jane, Mrs. appointed
director
2013-07-31
➖
COGHLAN, Philip resigned
secretary
2013-07-31
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COGHLAN, Philip resigned
director
2003-06-05
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Company incorporated
As ANDREW SAVORY DENTAL LABORATORY LIMITED
2003-06-05
➕
SAVORY, Andrew Brian appointed
director
2003-06-05
➕
COGHLAN, Philip appointed
secretary
2003-06-05
➕
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-05
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-05
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COGHLAN, Philip appointed
director
2003-06-05
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-06-05
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SAVORY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Brian Savory Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-06-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32500 — SIC 32500

Registered office

51 Garrick Green

Norwich

NR6 7AN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SAVORY, Sarah Jane→

secretary · appointed 2013-08-01

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Active

SAVORY, Andrew Brian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2003-06-05

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Active

SAVORY, Sarah Jane, Mrs.→

director · ~61y · appointed 2013-08-01

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Active

COGHLAN, Philip→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2013-07-31

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2003-06-05

Resigned

COGHLAN, Philip→

director · ~75y · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2013-07-31

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2003-06-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-05-26

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-05-18

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-03-20